IIHF Continental Cup 2001/02

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Master:	ZSC Lions Zurich

The IIHF Continental Cup 2001/02 was the fifth edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The final round was held in Zurich in January 2002 .

Only the host club, the ZSC Lions Zurich , was set for the final tournament. The three other participants were determined in three qualifying rounds.

Attendees

A total of 49 teams from 27 European countries took part in the competition for the Continental Cup.

HK Slavia Sofia Herning IK Rødovre Mighty Bulls ERC Ingolstadt Jukurit Mikkeli Anglet Hormadi Elite Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38 Dragons de Rouen Maccabi Amos Lod HC Milano Vipers HC Asiago Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL Zagreb HK Liepājas Metalurgs HK Riga 2000 SC Energija Elektrėnai

Nijmegen Tigers Tilburg Trappers Vålerenga IF Oslo Storhamar IL EC KAC Klagenfurt GKS Katowice Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim Steaua Bucharest CS Progym Gheorgheni SC Miercurea Ciuc HC Lugano ZSC Lions Zurich HK Partizan Belgrade HK Vojvodina Novi Sad HKm Zvolen HDD Olimpija Ljubljana

HK Slavija Ljubljana HK Acroni Jesenice Club Hielo Jaca CG Puigcerdà HC Senators Rosice HC Prostějov Polis Akademisi Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara SK Dunaferr Dunaújváros Alba Volán Székesfehérvár London Knights Sheffield Steelers HK Berkut Kiev HK Sokol Kiev HK Nyoman Hrodna HK Keramin Minsk

First round

The tournaments of the first qualifying round were played from September 21 to 23, 2001 at six venues. The respective tournament winners qualified for the second round.

Group A

The group A tournament was held in İzmit , Turkey . Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the second qualifying round.

September 21, 2001	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	28: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Partizan Belgrade	Kocaeli Ice Rink, İzmit
September 21, 2001	Polis Akademisi Ankara	3: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CS Progym Gheorgheni	Kocaeli Ice Rink, İzmit
September 22, 2001	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	6: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CS Progym Gheorgheni	Kocaeli Ice Rink, İzmit
September 22, 2001	Polis Akademisi Ankara	5: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Partizan Belgrade	Kocaeli Ice Rink, İzmit
September 23, 2001	CS Progym Gheorgheni	12: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Partizan Belgrade	Kocaeli Ice Rink, İzmit
September 23, 2001	Polis Akademisi Ankara	1:11 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kocaeli Ice Rink, İzmit

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	3	0	0	45: 02	6-0
2.	Polis Akademisi Ankara	3	2	0	1	09:13	4: 2
3.	CS Progym Gheorgheni	3	1	0	2	13:10	2: 4
4th	HK Partizan Belgrade	3	0	0	3	03:45	0: 6

Group B

Group B matches were played in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . HK Keramin Minsk clearly prevailed with three wins, with the Belarusian team reaching a goal difference of 51: 3.

September 21, 2001	HK Keramin Minsk	25: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Maccabi Amos Lod	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 21, 2001	HK Slavia Sofia	5: 7 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 22, 2001	HK Slavia Sofia	3: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Maccabi Amos Lod	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 22, 2001	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	0:19 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Keramin Minsk	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 23, 2001	Maccabi Amos Lod	5:15 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 23, 2001	HK Keramin Minsk	7: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Slavia Sofia	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Keramin Minsk	3	3	0	0	51: 03	6-0
2.	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara SK	3	2	0	1	22:29	4: 2
3.	HK Slavia Sofia	3	1	0	2	10:16	2: 4
4th	Maccabi Amos Lod	3	0	0	3	08:43	0: 6

Group C

The Group C tournament was held in the capital of Romania , Bucharest . HK Vojvodina Novi Sad prevailed against HK Slavija Ljubljana from Slovenia due to the direct comparison won and reached the second qualifying round.

September 21, 2001	Steaua Bucharest	5: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Mihai Flamaropol Arena , Bucharest
September 21, 2001	HK Slavija Ljubljana	4: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest
September 22, 2001	Steaua Bucharest	3: 6 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest
September 22, 2001	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	7: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Slavija Ljubljana	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest
September 23, 2001	Steaua Bucharest	1: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Slavija Ljubljana	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest
September 23, 2001	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	3: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	3	2	0	1	11:12	4: 2
2.	HK Slavija Ljubljana	3	2	0	1	11:11	4: 2
3.	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	3	1	0	2	12:11	2: 4
4th	Steaua Bucharest	3	1	0	2	09: 09	2: 4

Group D

The group D tournament was in Dunaújváros, Hungary . HK Jesenice from Slovenia clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the second qualifying round.

September 21, 2001	KHL Zagreb	5: 6 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
September 21, 2001	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	2: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Jesenice	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
September 22, 2001	HK Jesenice	6: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Zagreb	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
September 22, 2001	SC Miercurea Ciuc	1: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
September 23, 2001	SC Miercurea Ciuc	2: 6 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Jesenice	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
September 23, 2001	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	7: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Zagreb	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Jesenice	3	3	0	0	15: 05	6-0
2.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	3	2	0	1	11: 05	4: 2
3.	KHL Zagreb	3	1	0	2	07:19	2: 4
4th	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	0	0	3	09:13	0: 6

Group E

The Group E tournament was held in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via , France , as the Spanish host club, the CG Puigcerdà , did not have a suitable venue. While the hosts only took the last place in the tournament, the Dragons de Rouen clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the second qualifying round.

September 21, 2001	Dragons de Rouen	6: 2 (1: 0, 4: 1, 1: 0)	Nijmegen Tigers	Philippe Candeloro, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
September 21, 2001	CG Puigcerdà	2:11 (1: 4, 1: 1, 0: 6)	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	Philippe Candeloro, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
September 22, 2001	Nijmegen Tigers	4: 2 (3: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	Philippe Candeloro, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
September 22, 2001	CG Puigcerdà	4: 9 (2: 2, 0: 3, 2: 4)	Dragons de Rouen	Philippe Candeloro, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
September 23, 2001	CG Puigcerdà	1:10 (0: 3, 0: 4, 1: 3)	Nijmegen Tigers	Philippe Candeloro, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
September 23, 2001	Dragons de Rouen	4: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	Philippe Candeloro, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dragons de Rouen	3	3	0	0	19: 08	6-0
2.	Nijmegen Tigers	3	2	0	1	16: 09	4: 2
3.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3	1	0	2	15:10	2: 4
4th	CG Puigcerdà	3	0	0	3	07:30	0: 6

Group F.

The group F games were played in Tilburg , the Netherlands . Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38 prevailed due to the better goal difference in the direct encounters of the three teams with equal points and reached the second round of the competition.

September 21, 2001	Tilburg Trappers	3: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	IJssportcentrum , Tilburg
September 21, 2001	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	6: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Club Hielo Jaca	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
September 22, 2001	Tilburg Trappers	6: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Club Hielo Jaca	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
September 22, 2001	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	3: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
September 23, 2001	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	4: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Club Hielo Jaca	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
September 23, 2001	Tilburg Trappers	2: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points	Torv. 1
1.	Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38	3	1	2	0	10: 07	4: 2	06: 06
2.	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	3	1	2	0	11: 06	4: 2	05: 05
3.	Tilburg Trappers	3	1	2	0	11: 07	4: 2	05: 05
4th	Club Hielo Jaca	3	0	0	3	04:16	0: 6	-

¹ goal difference of the direct encounters between the teams with the same points.

Second round

The tournaments of the second qualifying round were played from October 19 to 21, 2001 at six venues. The respective tournament winners qualified for the third round.

Group G

The games in Group G were in Italian Milan held. The host HC Milano Vipers beat HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 3-1 in the last tournament game and thus reached the third qualifying round.

October 19, 2001	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	5: 2 (3: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Pal Agorà , Milan
October 19, 2001	HC Milano Vipers	4: 4 (1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1)	EC KAC Klagenfurt	Pal Agorà, Milan
October 20, 2001	EC KAC Klagenfurt	5: 6 (3: 3, 1: 2, 1: 1)	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Pal Agorà, Milan
October 20, 2001	HC Milano Vipers	3: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Pal Agorà, Milan
October 21, 2001	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	8: 1 (3: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0)	EC KAC Klagenfurt	Pal Agorà, Milan
October 21, 2001	HC Milano Vipers	3: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 1)	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Pal Agorà, Milan

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Milano Vipers	3	2	1	0	10: 07	5: 1
2.	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	2	0	1	12:10	4: 2
3.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	1	0	2	12: 09	2: 4
4th	EC KAC Klagenfurt	3	0	1	2	10:18	1: 5

Group H.

Group H games were played in Székesfehérvár , Hungary . HK Keramin Minsk prevailed with two wins and one draw and reached the third round.

October 19, 2001	HK Keramin Minsk	5: 3 (1: 0, 0: 1, 4: 2)	HK Sokol Kiev	Ice rink , Székesfehérvár
October 19, 2001	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)	HK Nyoman Hrodna	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
October 20, 2001	HK Sokol Kiev	5: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)	HK Nyoman Hrodna	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
October 20, 2001	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3: 3 (0: 1, 3: 2, 0: 0)	HK Keramin Minsk	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
October 21, 2001	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	1: 5 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 3)	HK Sokol Kiev	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
October 21, 2001	HK Nyoman Hrodna	1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)	HK Keramin Minsk	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Keramin Minsk	3	2	1	0	10: 07	5: 1
2.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	2	0	1	13: 06	4: 2
3.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3	1	1	1	07:10	3: 3
4th	HK Nyoman Hrodna	3	0	0	3	03:10	0: 6

Group J

The matches of Group J were in Polish Oswiecim discharged. The host Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim prevailed with two wins, while the team of HK Vojvodina Novi Sad was disqualified. Due to injuries, she had only come to the tournament with eleven field players and one goalkeeper and therefore did not meet the required minimum number of players.

October 19, 2001	HC Senators Rosice	12: 0 * (1: 0, 9: 0, 2: 0)	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Lodowy Stadium, Oświęcim
October 19, 2001	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	4: 1 (0: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	Lodowy Stadium, Oświęcim
October 20, 2001	SC Energija Elektrėnai	1:11 (0: 5, 0: 2, 1: 4)	HC Senators Rosice	Lodowy Stadium, Oświęcim
October 20, 2001	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	12: 4 * (6: 1, 3: 2, 3: 2)	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Lodowy Stadium, Oświęcim
October 21, 2001	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	9: 9 * (3: 2, 3: 4, 3: 3)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	Lodowy Stadium, Oświęcim
October 21, 2001	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	4: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)	HC Senators Rosice	Lodowy Stadium, Oświęcim

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	2	2	0	0	08: 01	4-0
2.	HC Senators Rosice	2	1	0	1	11: 05	2: 2
3.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	2	0	0	2	02:15	0: 4
4th	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	-	-	-	-	0-: 0-	-: -

Group K

The group K tournament was held in Prostějov , Czech Republic . The host HC Prostějov defeated the team of GKS Katowice in the decisive final tournament game 4: 2 and thus achieved both group victory and the third qualifying round. The game between HK Acroni Jesenice and GKS Katowice was canceled after the first third when the score was 0: 1 after the president of HK Jesenice had physically attacked the Czech main referee. In the first third Jesenice had played twelve minutes short and received the goal. The game was rated 5-0 in favor of Katowice.

October 19, 2001	HK Berkut Kiev	2: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 2)	GKS Katowice	Zimní stadión, Prostějov
October 19, 2001	HC Prostějov	3: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 3: 0)	HK Acroni Jesenice	Zimní stadión, Prostějov
October 20, 2001	HK Acroni Jesenice	0: 5 game abort (0: 1, -: -, - :-)	GKS Katowice	Zimní stadión, Prostějov
October 20, 2001	HC Prostějov	3: 2 (0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)	HK Berkut Kiev	Zimní stadión, Prostějov
October 21, 2001	HK Acroni Jesenice	3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)	HK Berkut Kiev	Zimní stadión, Prostějov
October 21, 2001	HC Prostějov	4: 2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)	GKS Katowice	Zimní stadión, Prostějov

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Prostějov	3	2	1	0	10: 07	5: 1
2.	GKS Katowice	3	2	0	1	12: 06	4: 2
3.	HK Acroni Jesenice	3	1	1	1	06:11	3: 3
4th	HK Berkut Kiev	3	0	0	3	06:10	0: 6

Group L

The group L tournament was held in Mikkeli , Finland . The host club, Jukurit Mikkeli , prevailed due to the better goal difference in the direct encounters of the three teams with equal points and thus moved into the third qualifying round of the competition.

A total of 2,615 spectators attended the six tournament games.

October 19, 2001 4:00 p.m.	Storhamar IL	5: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)	Dragons de Rouen	Kalevankankaan Jäähalli, Mikkeli Spectators: 103
October 19, 2001 8:00 p.m.	Jukurit Mikkeli	2: 3 (2: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1)	HK Riga 2000	Kalevankankaan Jäähalli, Mikkeli Spectators: 626
October 20, 2001 4:00 p.m.	HK Riga 2000	2: 6 (1: 1, 1: 4, 0: 1)	Storhamar IL	Kalevankankaan Jäähalli, Mikkeli audience: 125
October 20, 2001 8:00 p.m.	Jukurit Mikkeli	3: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0)	Dragons de Rouen	Kalevankankaan Jäähalli, Mikkeli Spectators: 776
October 21, 2001 4:00 p.m.	Dragons de Rouen	3:11 (1: 2, 1: 6, 1: 3)	HK Riga 2000	Kalevankankaan Jäähalli, Mikkeli Spectators: 87
October 21, 2001 8:00 p.m.	Jukurit Mikkeli	5: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 3: 0)	Storhamar IL	Kalevankankaan Jäähalli, Mikkeli Spectators: 898

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points	Torv. 1
1.	Jukurit Mikkeli	3	2	0	1	10: 05	4: 2	07: 04
2.	Storhamar IL	3	2	0	1	12: 09	4: 2	07: 07
3.	HK Riga 2000	3	2	0	1	16:11	4: 2	05: 08
4th	Dragons de Rouen	3	0	0	3	06:19	0: 6	-

¹ goal difference between the three teams with the same points in direct encounters with one another.

Group M

Group M games were played in Anglet , France . The host Anglet Hormadi Élite clearly prevailed with three wins and thus moved into the third qualifying round.

October 19, 2001 4:00 p.m.	Sheffield Steelers	5: 3 (0: 0, 4: 1, 0: 3)	Herning IK	Patinoire de la Barre, Anglet
October 19, 2001 8:00 p.m.	Anglet Hormadi Elite	5: 2 (2: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	Patinoire de la Barre, Anglet
October 20, 2001 4:00 p.m.	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 4)	Sheffield Steelers	Patinoire de la Barre, Anglet
October 20, 2001 8:00 p.m.	Anglet Hormadi Elite	4: 3 (3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2)	Herning IK	Patinoire de la Barre, Anglet
October 21, 2001 4:00 p.m.	Herning IK	7: 4 (4: 2, 2: 0, 1: 2)	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	Patinoire de la Barre, Anglet
October 21, 2001 8:00 p.m.	Anglet Hormadi Elite	4: 3 (1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1)	Sheffield Steelers	Patinoire de la Barre, Anglet

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Anglet Hormadi Elite	3	3	0	0	13: 08	6-0
2.	Sheffield Steelers	3	2	0	1	12: 08	4: 2
3.	Herning IK	3	1	0	2	13:13	2: 4
4th	Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38	3	0	0	3	07:16	0: 6

Third round

The third qualifying round took place from November 23 to 25, 2001 at three venues. The three tournament winners qualified for the final round.

Groups

Group N matches were played in Asiago, Italy, at Stadio Odegar . The HC Milano Vipers prevailed with two wins and one draw against the host HC Asiago .

November 23, 2001	HC Milano Vipers	4: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)	HC Lugano	Stadio Odegar , Asiago spectators: 1000
November 23, 2001	HK Keramin Minsk	2: 5 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1)	HC Asiago	Stadio Odegar, Asiago
November 24, 2001	HC Lugano	3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	HK Keramin Minsk	Stadio Odegar, Asiago Spectators: 700
November 24, 2001	HC Asiago	2: 2 (0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 0)	HC Milano Vipers	Stadio Odegar, Asiago
November 25, 2001	HC Milano Vipers	3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)	HK Keramin Minsk	Stadio Odegar, Asiago
November 25, 2001	HC Asiago	4: 4 (0: 1, 3: 2, 1: 1)	HC Lugano	Stadio Odegar, Asiago Spectators: 2200

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Milano Vipers	3	2	1	0	09: 04	5: 1
2.	HC Asiago	3	1	2	0	11: 08	4: 2
3.	HC Lugano	3	1	1	1	09: 09	3: 3
4th	HK Keramin Minsk	3	0	0	3	03:11	0: 6

Group O

Group O games were played in Zvolen and Detva . The host HKm Zvolen clearly prevailed with three wins, while the German second division club ERC Ingolstadt suffered three defeats. The following players were elected to the All-Star-Team of the tournament: Tomasz Jaworski (Unia Oświęcim) - Roman Čech , Dušan Milo - Jaroslav Török , Josef Daňo (all HKm Zvolen), Leszek Laszkiewicz (Unia Oświęcim)

November 23, 2001	HKm Zvolen	6: 4 (3: 0, 1: 4, 2: 0)	HC Prostějov	Zimný štadión, Zvolen Spectators: 821
November 23, 2001	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	2: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0)	ERC Ingolstadt	Zimný štadión, Detva
November 24, 2001	HKm Zvolen	6: 4 (3: 1, 1: 2, 2: 1)	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	Zimný štadión, Zvolen Spectators: 911
November 24, 2001	ERC Ingolstadt	1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 3, 0: 0)	HC Prostějov	Zimný štadión, Detva spectators: 400
November 25, 2001	HKm Zvolen	2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	ERC Ingolstadt	Zimný štadión, Zvolen spectators: 100
November 25, 2001	HC Prostějov	4: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1)	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	Zimný štadión, Zvolen Spectators: 992

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HKm Zvolen	3	3	0	0	14: 08	6-0
2.	HC Prostějov	3	2	0	1	14: 08	4: 2
3.	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	3	1	0	2	07:12	2: 4
4th	ERC Ingolstadt	3	0	0	3	02: 09	0: 6

Group p

The group P tournament was held in Oslo . The venue for the tournament was the Jordal Amfi . Finnish second division team Jukurit Mikkeli won the tournament with two wins and one draw, while host Vålerenga IF Oslo finished second.

November 23, 2001	London Knights	2: 5 (1: 3, 1: 2, 0: 0)	Jukurit Mikkeli	Jordal Amfi , Oslo
November 23, 2001	Vålerenga IF Oslo	4: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0)	Anglet Hormadi Elite	Jordal Amfi, Oslo
November 24, 2001	Anglet Hormadi Elite	3: 5 (1: 1, 2: 4, 0: 0)	London Knights	Jordal Amfi, Oslo
November 24, 2001	Vålerenga IF Oslo	2: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	Jukurit Mikkeli	Jordal Amfi, Oslo
November 25, 2001	Jukurit Mikkeli	5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1)	Anglet Hormadi Elite	Jordal Amfi, Oslo
November 25, 2001	Vålerenga IF Oslo	4: 4 (3: 0, 1: 2, 0: 2)	London Knights	Jordal Amfi, Oslo

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Jukurit Mikkeli	3	2	1	0	12: 05	5: 1
2.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3	1	2	0	10: 07	4: 2
3.	London Knights	3	1	1	1	11:12	3: 3
4th	Anglet Hormadi Elite	3	0	0	3	05:14	0: 6

Final round

In addition to the host and defending champion ZSC Lions Zurich, the following teams qualified for the final tournament of the Continental Cup in Zurich's Hallenstadion :

• The Milano Vipers sat down in the second round in the home tournament against HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , Ust-Kamenogorsk and Klagenfurt and in the semi-final tournament in Asiago against HC Asiago , the HC Lugano and HC Minsk by. Milano finished runner-up in Italy last season.
• The Slovak champions HKm Zvolen prevailed in the home tournament against the Czech second division club HC Prostejov , against the Polish master Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim and against the German second division club ERC Ingolstadt .
• The Finnish second division team Jukurit Mikkeli won the tournament in Oslo against hosts Vålerenga IF Oslo , the London Knights and the French representative from Anglet. Previously, the "black horses" won the home tournament in Mikkeli tied with Storhamar IL and HK Riga 2000 . Jukurit was the champion of the Finnish second division, the Mestis , last season .

The winner of the tournament received 60,000, the second 40,000, the third place 30,000 and the team in fourth place 20,000 Swiss francs .

Results

	Semifinals				final
	HKm Zvolen	2
	HC Milano Vipers	4th
					HC Milano Vipers	1
					ZSC Lions Zurich	6th
					Game for third place
	ZSC Lions Zurich	4th			HKm Zvolen	6th
	Jukurit Mikkeli	3			Jukurit Mikkeli	3

Semifinals

January 12, 2002 3:30 p.m.

HKm Zvolen

2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1)

HC Milano Vipers

Hallenstadion, Zurich Spectators: 2,974

January 12, 2002 7:30 p.m.

ZSC Lions Zurich

4: 3 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2)

Jukurit Mikkeli

Hallenstadion, Zurich Spectators: 4,320

3rd place match

January 13, 2002 1:00 p.m.

Jukurit Mikkeli

3: 6 (1: 1, 1: 3, 1: 2)

HKm Zvolen

Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 1,444

final

January 13, 2002 4:30 p.m.

ZSC Lions Zurich M. Samuelsson (3:07) P. Jaks (14:07) G.-M. Crameri (14:18) C. Micheli (36:18) P. Varis (37:29) P. Jaks (41:26)

6: 1 (3: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)

HC Milano Vipers J. Hiller (10:08)

Hallenstadion, Zurich Spectators: 5,058

After HC Ambrì-Piotta , which won the competition in 1998 and 1999, the ZSC Lions Zurich also won the Continental Cup for the second time in a row. Against the team from Milan , who prevailed 4-2 in the semifinals against the Slovak champions HKm Zvolen, the Zurich team lived up to their role as favorites. Coach Pekka Rautakallio's team laid the foundation for defending their title in the first third, when Petr Jaks and Gian-Marco Crameri made the preliminary decision with two goals within eleven seconds with a score of 1-1 . The best attack line of the Vipers with the Canadians Jim Hiller , Scott Beattie and Patrice Lefèbvre only managed one goal in the first third.

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner ZSC Lions Zurich

Goalkeeper: Ari Sulander Defenders: Christopher Bélanger , Martin Kout , Adrien Plavsic , Tim Ramholt , Edgar Salis , Mathias Seger , Bruno Steck , Mark Streit Attackers: Jan Alston , Mattia Baldi , Gian-Marco Crameri , Patric Della Rossa , Daniel Hodgson , Peter Jaks , Claudio Micheli , Mark Ouimet , Reto Raffainer , Morgan Samuelsson , Reto Stirnimann , Petri Varis Head coach: Pekka Rautakallio

Web links

• Continental Cup 2001/02 at hockeyarchives.info
• 1st round at hockeyfans.ch
• 2nd round at hockeyfans.ch
• 3rd round at hockeyfans.ch
• Final tournament at hockeyfans.ch